Invitation Designing

Invitations are such an important/big decision you need to make. Your invitations reflect your personality as a couple, the personality of your wedding, and one of the first impressions you will make to your guests.

..........That is some peoples views.

Mine...is its a piece of paper. HOWEVER I do completely agree with those thoughts, it should be special and it should reflect the personality of your wedding and you as a couple.

When starting to talk about invitations with Carrie, I knew I wanted them to be special. I visited a few stationary stores and looked through those big-god-awful books but I didn't really find anything that really 'jumped out' to me or 'wowed' me.

Carrie from the beginning recommended doing 'custom' invitations. And I should have just listened to her and not wasted hours of my life looking through the books (ha!).

Carrie set me up with a custom-invitation designer in VT, a few towns over from me. Her name was Carey as well, from Lasso'd Moons Designs.

We met with Carey January 16th in Brandon, VT at a cute little coffee shop. We talked on the phone a few weeks before to discuss what I was looking for, my ideas, etc. So she came prepared with paper samples, designs, layouts, her portfolio etc. She made it SO easy and so fun to pick the exact look I wanted.

The difference between custom invitations and picking out of a book, is you have complete control over everything. Down to the fonts, the paper sizes/texture/colors etc, to the tiny little fun details. I thought it would be so overwhelming with all the decisions, but surprisingly I was able to make quick decisions (which seems to be a common trend in my wedding planning which I love and I'm surprised by myself at!!).

Carey was so great to work with and she gave some great ideas and thoughts. I highly recommend her to anyone in the VT/NH area!

We left the meeting with an absolutely perfect invitation designed, along with all our other paper materials designed, i.e. table numbers, tags for our favors, escort cards, programs, and some other fun ideas...which you'll just have to wait and see! :)

Carey helped me achieve the look I was going for, the look that reflects the theme of my wedding, Jeff & I as a couple, and the invitation I've always dreamed of!